Darran Scott

Darran Scott (born 1 December 1963) is an Australian film and television actor, writer, director and producer. He began working as an actor as a young teenager and appeared in many Australian TV shows as Special Squad, Carson's Law, The Henderson Kids and the World War I mini-series Anzacs. And most recently, Underbelly, Australia On Trial, Offspring, House Husbands and several Australian TV Commercials and TV series.

Early Life

Darran Scott was born and raised in the suburb of Dandenong, Victoria, Australia on the 1st December, 1963. the son of James and Pamela Page. His parents divorced when he was about 10 years old, and he grew up with his mother and two brothers, moving several times before his mother remarried. School was never his thing, yet he excelled at subjects that allowed him to use his creativity and it was here that his passion for acting and filmmaking developed after getting a hold of his grandparents Super 8 film camera.

Career

Scott quit school at the age of 17 and enlisted in the Australian Army as a means of earning good money while he planned out his future. He credits the Armed Forces as giving him the discipline to sit at the computer for most of the day while writing scripts and other projects. It was during this time that he wrote his first screenplays. He finished in the Army after three years and with a new agent, returned to acting. After appearing in many Aussie TV shows of the time, his fascination for what happens behind the camera began to get the better of him and through his contacts made from Acting, began working on crews and putting himself through film school and later various short courses.

He is Producer and owner of Filmpoets Studios, Melbourne, Australia, which has produced several documenataries, short films and television series and received several awards, including an ACMA 'Antenna Award' for Most Outstanding Sports Program for 2008's 'The Surfers Life' and 2nd prize in the Australian Film Institute's 'Reinventing The Reel' Festival for 'Another Ordinary Day' (2001). The 2003 film 'A World of His Own' was successful at several festivals around the world.

He is Producer/Owner of Shearwater Entertainment. An Australian-based film and television production and distribution company created in June 2009. In 2011 His company began production on the inspirational sports drama The Playbook, which he wrote, directed and Produced, and which was released to theatres across Australia in July 2013. It was released onto DVD in Australia in November 2013. It is to be released to North and South American theatres in mid 2014. This film was very highly regarded and has been sold into South Africa, Benelux, Scandinavia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil. It screened on Australian Pay TV (Australian Christian Channel) in March 2014.

He founded the clothing brand Pelvic Thrust in the mid 90s which helped to fund his filmmaking activities.

Personal Life

Scott is married to Jennifer Jones Scott and the two were married on the 30th November 2006 at the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1985, he was the target of an attempted kidnapping while backpacking through the US state of Washington, managing to escape by jumping from the moving vehicle. He sustained minor injuries.

Scott captured worldwide attention after applying to Cricket Australia in late 2003 for the Test Captaincy to replace Steve Waugh upon his retirement, citing his credentials as "my team mates describe my bowling as 'nippy'". The application and resultant reply from CEO James Sutherland created a national media story.^[1][2]

He is an avid sailor, surfer and snowboarder and lived on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia for ten years, where he got to know fellow Islanders Chris and Liam Hemsworth. His nephew is former Disney teen heartthrob Nick Whitaker.

His great-great-great-great-grandmother is Annie Duke, one of the three women who created the original Southern Cross flag at the Eureka Stockade in 1857. And which now is displayed at the Ballarat Museum of Fine Art.

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